Improvement in lime-spreader



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PatentedJune 28, 1870.

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Letters Patent N 104,694, dated June 28, 1870.

Y IMPROVEMEI'IT IN ,nme-srnsanna.

Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thename.

p i j seve,ra1pieces,g, which are placed at carious angles,

i Be ltgknown that 1, W50. BURNETT, of Burns to'spread the lime out tothe full'width ofthe wagon.

Mills, inthe county of Bcd l'ord and Stateof Pennsyl- At the front, endf the wagon is a crank-shaft, h, vani-rhare invented aflnew anduseful,Improvement. with two cranks, i i, to which one end of each ofthe injLnne-Spiteaders; andlido hereby declare that the, rods j jis,attached, their other ends being secured following isa fnll,clear,and exact description thereof, tothe fi-ainc of the sliding bottom 0.

reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in. On one end-of thecrank-shaft? is a am, It, [or whichr a moving thesliding bottom '0. a v

Figure 1' is a plan view, and v The] operation of the machine is asfollows: Figure 2is a longitl nal verticalsection, taken in The limetobe spread is placed in the wagon-body, thetline rear, of fig. 1 1 i tand, ash; moves forward, the cog-wheels BE cause Like letters des kcparts in all the figures. the Shafts dd to revolve, and, with them,th eendless The nature; ofin *ntion consists in the peculiar apron D. At thesame 'time'the botto'ni b keeps up a construction and on of a wagonforspr eading' reciprocating motion, thus preventing toogreat a limetobe'nsed' ie ilizer. i nantity of lime from ialling onto the apronthrough In thedrawin -j i I 'the apertures in the bottoms of thewagomThe top agon-body, which is mountedon of the endless apron mo'vesbackward, thereby carry- 1 I J ing the limeto the rear of the vagon,where-it falls Thebody as three bottoms, which are placedclosely ontothe inclined chute G, and is distributed over the" togetheigand all ofthemhave transverse apertures or .gronnd. i 3 i i The diseh rge of thelime from the wagon can be prevented by closing; the apertures in thebottom I), i

by. moving the cross-bars of the slidinbottom 0 over them,-' ,vhich isdone by moving the ever, It, crankshaft 11, and rods jj. p

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Pat- To all, whom "it army concern.- V

SiOt S fin them. q The lower one, agisa reciprocating bottom; the middleone,;b, is stationary; and the npf per one, c,-,isa sliding bottom.

Onihe hub, of one of therear wheelsis a cog- Q h'heehBL i i X ad :1 areshafts, placed underthe bottom of the ends of thewagon-b'ody, on whichanendless apron, 1), resolves, the endless-aproiibeingfnnder the bottom a.ent, is-- i Onrthe shaft 11 is a (:0 heel, E, whichineshesinto '(lhecombination. of the bottoms a 1 c and endless tl eeogwheel B. i w p.apron D, when constructed and operating as herein llrthe middleoftheshaftilis'fa'erank, e,*cto whichshown anddescribed; i i t i one endofzarod,'f, is attached, and the other end is i .e V W. 0. BURNETT.

secured tothc frame of the reciprocating bottom a.' v -\Vitnesses Attherear end of thelwagon is hinged an inclined J. EBmms,

distributingchute, O; onthe npperside of iyhichare WM. H. Hrnmeas.

